CNF

• Fiction shares many elements with creative nonfiction


  Like setting, character, and plot
• Poetry makes great use of figurative language


  Similar to creative nonfiction
• Drama also has similar elements with creative nonfiction


  But can also be written similarly to poetry
• Literary conventions


  Features and practices of a specific genre that the readers comprehend and identify as a style in creating the story
• Elements and literary conventions are used to develop the theme of a story
• Poem


  Divided into stanzas or groups of lines, with the number of lines varying. Has many types, like lyric poetry and descriptive poetry, and even structural types, like haiku or elegy
• Rhythm


  How the syllables are stressed and unstressed
• Meter


  Specific syllabic patterns in the rhythm of a line of poetry
• Rhyme scheme


  A long pattern of rhyming found in poems
• Speaker


  The persona narrating the poem, who sets the tone
• Dramatic action


  Influences the plot of a drama
• Graphic novels


  Complete works
• Comics


  Serialized works
• Unique elements of movies and TV shows

  • Camera shots
  • Camera angles
  • Lighting
• Oral literature


  A literary genre that is almost exclusively performed
• Most works have a defining question that they aim to answer, and the series of events that answers that question is what creates plot structure
• Characters in creative nonfiction

  Real people in your life
• People in real life can fall under stereotypes
• Angle


  The direction your text will take and the reason you are writing it
• Objective voice


  Used to present information without author bias
• Subjective voice


  Used to present the author's opinions on the subject
• Setting


  Where and when the story takes place
• Atmosphere


  The feeling you are trying to evoke in your readers, also known as mood or ambience
• Setting and atmosphere help establish the theme of the story
• Symbol


  Something that represents something else
• Symbolism


  The use of symbols to represent concepts or ideas
• Symbols and symbolisms are important because they add depth and nuance to the text, help in establishing themes, and add imagery to the text
• Scene


  A continuous sequence of actions or a representation of a certain event or incident happening in a particular time and place
• Dialogue


  A conversation or exchange of spoken words between two or more characters, which may be direct or indirect and actual or representative
• Scenes and dialogues in nonfictional texts are important because they help make characterizations better, set the mood and tone of the text, move the narrative forward, and maintain readers' interest
• Autobiography


  Personal, with details that are anecdotal in style and an informal and loose tone
• Biography


  Formal, requiring factual information about the other person's life
• Personal narratives


  Resemble the fictional narrative in structure and flow to impart to readers the story or experience, more than mere details
• True narratives


  Tell a story from an actual event and relate it to the readers to capture their attention and emotions